As part of a STEM innovative online project, our class created Elk Grove Village out of gingerbread. Our 5th grade buddies helped us out and then we will get to Skype our village with other school around the world next week. Check out the great work and thank you to all the families that send…
Book share this month starts next week. Please bring in a folk or fairy tale to share.
Classroom News
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Welcome to Gingerbread Elk Grove Village
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Needs and Wants Penny Project
Posted on November 23, 2015We have finished collecting our pennies and we counting them today using a ten frame and a partner. Then we put a tally mark on the board for each ten frame the groups counted. We found we had 650 pennies or $6.50. WOW! I rounded the amount up to $10.00. Then we decided what we…
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Using Twitter for Math
Posted on November 20, 2015We have been using twitter to answer math problems. We even send out our own math problem for 2nd grade to solve. Here is the one we solved.
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Our first Skype with another kindergarten
Posted on November 20, 2015We had a chance to talk with another kindergarten in Indiana. We asked them questions and they asked us questions. We were amazed at how similar we really are. Great fun can’t wait till the next one.
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Letter N Homework
Posted on November 20, 2015Great job with homework this week. These are just some of the creative work the class is doing at home.
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Homework Sharing
Posted on November 6, 2015We have begun to share our weekly homework with a peer every Friday. We listen to our buddy tell us about their homework and then we need to ask them one questions about what they did. Don’t forget to turn in all homework on Fridays.
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Class of the Month
Posted on November 3, 2015Congrats to our students for winning Class of the Month for September. We received the traveling trophy and an extra recess. Class of the Month is based on the total number of majors and minors that a classroom receives in one month. The classroom with the smallest number of majors and minors in the whole…
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Needs and Wants project
Posted on November 3, 2015We has started to work on our social studies unit on needs and wants. We are sorting pictures and using our tablets to take pics of things that are needs and wants in our classroom. We will be creating our own digital books about needs and wants and sharing them with our classmates and with…
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Exploration in Discovery Centers
Posted on October 30, 2015Everyday students are engaging in learning in their centers. Here are a few examples from this week of what they are doing.
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It’s Pumpkin Time!
Posted on October 28, 2015Today we carved our classroom pumpkins. We looked inside and took out the seeds and the “guts” and put them into a bag to take home and explore more. We voted as to what kind of eyes, nose and mouth we wanted our pumpkin to have. They even have pretend lights in them. On Friday,…
